AIDA - The Gods Love Nubia lyrics

Aida: Take me in my dreams recurring Cheerful as a childhood dance Into one more taste of freedom One more longing backward glance In the sway of somber music I shall never, never understand Let me slip into the sweeter Chorus of that other land The gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the golden The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed The pain of Nubia is only for the moment the desolate the suffering the plundered, the opressed Nehebka: The gods love Nubia, their glorious creation Its songs roll sweetly across the harvest plain Nehebka & Aida: The tears of Nubia, a pa**ing aberration They wash into the river and are never cried again Nehebka, Aida, Mereb, and Nubian Woman: The gods love Nubia, we have to keep believing The scattered and divided, we are still it's heart Aida: The fall of Nubia, ephemeral and fleeting The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart. All: The fall of Nubia Ephemeral and fleeting The spirit always burning Though the flesh is torn apart Take me in my dreams recurring Cheerful as a childhood dance Into one more taste of freedom One more longing backward glance The gods love Nubia, the beautiful, the golden The radiant, the fertile, the gentle and the blessed The pain of Nubia is only for the moment the desolate the suffering the plundered, the opressed The gods love Nubia we have to keep believing Though scattered and divided we are still it's heart The fall of Nubia ephemeral and fleeting the spirit always Burning though the flesh is torn apart The spirit always burning though the flesh is torn apart Aida: Apart All: Take me in my dreams recurring One more longing backward glance